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Saturday December 12, 2015 11:15 to 2:00pm
HOLIDAY SEATED LUNCHEON
with THREE OF OUR OWN
The Path to Publication with Lynn Goodwin, Al Garrotto and Ann Steiner
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Perfection Al Garrotto will talk about the editing stage where you are cutting
and adding and polishing your manuscript.
How passionate am I about my story or topic?
Have I read my own book? Who else has?
How do I know when it’s ready to publish?
Platform Ann Steiner will present strategies for the marketing stage of publication which should
start before your book hits the book store shelf or ebook website. Tips for creating YOUR national platform
Creating a marketing action plan
How to get more comfortable with marketing
Sign-in starts at 11:15am. Luncheon 12 - 12:45 pm. Speaker 1- 2 pm at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant: 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill.
$25 members, $30 guests Reservation deadline: noon, Wednesday, Dec 9. To reserve, contact Robin at [email protected] leave a
message at 925-933-9670, or sign up via PayPal: click “buy now” on the Mt. Diablo website,
http://cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com/next-program/ . Add $2 transaction fee. CWC is an IRS 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization (ID 94-6082827). Donations are fully deductible to the extent allowed by law.
TThhee WWrrii tt ee
A Monthly Newsletter
Elisabeth Tuck, editor
NNeewwss December 2015
February
2015 2015
Prompts Lynn Goodwin will discuss the stage of getting that first draft down on
paper, essentially prompting you to sit down to write.
Set goals and take action.
Embrace your right to write.
Remember: There are no mistakes—only new material.
President Elisabeth Tuck
This year has flown. Is it me or has someone sped up the clock? I
hope you’ve better met your writing goals than I have.
I understand there were several members who took the
NANOWRIMO challenge, and some even met the goal of 50,000
words. What an accomplishment to get so much down! The next job
will be rereading and perhaps redrafting some of the work before
editing begins. Writing well is hard work.
We have a seated lunch in December. When you register, let Robin know your choice of
pasta primavera, chicken parmesan, salmon or NY steak. Then come and relax at a table
with member friends and do bring guests. (If you pay by Paypal, please contact Robin
with your meal choice so the restaurant can plan.) At sign-in you’ll receive a small tag to
put near your place so the servers know what to bring you.
Also in December, we encourage members to bring their own books to display and sell.
The restaurant provides a couple of tables which members share for display, and you handle your own sales.
Come to our December meeting, hear from three of our own experienced (members).
This is YOUR branch. Extra minds and hands are always welcome.
There’s always room at the board meetings for observers, the maybe-I’d-like-to-get-involved-ers,
advisors, and the just plain curious. Join us. (Liz usually serves coffee or tea.) We meet 10:00 -
11:00 before regular meetings unless there’s a workshop. This is your branch too, and volunteer
organizations can always use helping hands and new ideas. Next board meeting: Dec 12, 10-11:00am Zio Fraedo’s.
CONTENTS p. 3 Member Events, News and Salutes
p. 4 Independent Bookstores
p. 5 Writers Table Plus a New Idea; What a Difference a Letter or Two Makes
p. 6 New Member Profile: Alla P. Gakuba
p. 7-8 Be Profiled; Jack London
p. 9 Berkeley Branch 2016 Events re Jack London; LITHUB.com
p. 10 Norcal report; Meetup Proposal
p. 11 Mt. Diablo’s Upcoming Programs; Our Websites
p.12 Submit to the Literary Review
p. 13-14 The Back Fence; Things to Do; Anthology Opportunities
p. 15 Young Writers Contest Donor Page
December 2015 The Write News Page Two
Member Events, News and Salutes
Margie Hamilton
New short story: THE HOUSE ON CARO STREET, the first of a great new trilogy featuring the Russo family.
Amazon.com: The House on Caro Street eBook: Margie Hamilton: Kindle Store Toni Aldrich, a bright and cunning ten-year-old, becomes interested in a grandfather she
thought was dead. Her mother's reluctance to reveal much about him, and the fact that no one
actually said he was dead, inspire Toni to see what she can find out about him. She discovers
Grandpa Luigi living not far from her own home. In spite of an alleged flaw in his character, a
warm relationship develops between granddaughter and grandfather. Toni's mother eventually
finds out and makes her promise to have nothing more to do with him. It is a promise Toni
does not keep.
B Lynn Goodwin
Lynn has a new YA book, TALENT. Fifteen-and-half-year-old Sandee Mason wants to find
her talent, get her driver’s license, and stop living in the shadow of her big brother, Bri, who
disappeared while serving in Afghanistan.
Read the first chapter at http://blynngoodwin.com/an-excerpt-from-talent/. Check it out
and leave a comment if you’d like to.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
Everybody has a talent. Some are more obvious than others. It is important to remember that
everybody matters, and each of us has something unique to share with our family and the
community. Sometimes it’s hard to see the good you do and get perspective on the problems
you face when you are in the midst of coping with everything.
Susan Pace-Koch ProAudioVoices has brought THE MERMAID AND THE MOON to life
with voices, toots and splashes, and bubbles! It’s now available on Audible,
ITunes and Amazon.
There may be some FREE Audible.com download coupons available. Let
Susan know if you'd like one!
December 2015 The Write News Page Three
With the closure of so many independent bookstores, it’s nice to know a few still exist.
Bay Books
2415 San Ramon Valley Blvd, (at Crow Canyon W of 680)
San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone:(925) 855-1524
Bay Books has new books, a huge selection of used books
in great shape, and rare books.
http://baybooks.us/
“If you would like to partner up in creating an event for your school, class, knitting circle, art cooperative, or
any other society of nice people, please let us know! We are always looking for ways to connect with our
wonderful neighborhoods.” On Nov 6 Bay Books held a lunch-time author reading for TriValley CWC branch
authors.
Railroad Book Depot Address: 650 Railroad Ave, Pittsburg, CA 94565
Phone: (925) 427-2334
Monday-Saturday, 9am-8pm
Sunday, 9am-6pm
Owned and operated by the Pittsburg Arts and Community Foundation, in
support of its mission to promote literacy and visual and performing arts.
Open since November 2010, Railroad Book Depot offers a wide variety of free,
new, and used books, sports apparel, gift products, items of local interest, and
more. We also offer free wi-fi and seating for readers. All profits from bookstore
sales are directed back into the community to support literacy programs.
Local Authors: Our bookstore supports dozens of local authors in the Bay Area by making their books available to the
community and by hosting public book signings. Check our calendar or facebook page to see upcoming book
signings. http://jglover9.wix.com/railroadbookdepot
If you would like to arrange a book signing event, contact the bookstore at (925) 427-2334.
December 2015 The Write News Page Four
Upcoming Writers Craft Tables:
The Writers Table is informal. When a member has writing tips to share, we provide a separate table for the discussion, and interested members just pull up a chair to join the group. Some discussion leaders have hand-outs; others just ask questions and share their thoughts on the topic. The Writers Table overlaps with registration. (11:15 - before lunch). Lee Paulson handles the details and calls for the last question.
January 9 - "First Sentences" Discussion leader Kymberlie Ingalls: Table 1
First “Read a Page” meeting. Sign up at Dec. mtg. Limited to 5 or 6 participants. February 13 - "Best Critique Methods" Discussion leader Aline Soules Table 1
"Connecting With Your Inner Muse" Discussion leader Maura Torkildson Table 2
Contact Lee Paulson if you have writing, marketing, or publishing tips or general advice to share with other members. You don’t have to be an expert. What works for you?
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A LETTER OR TWO MAKES It’s easy to make a tiny typo and end up with a different, sometimes wildly different, meaning. Once you’ve written
something and rewritten, and rewritten, it’s easy to miss apparently small errors. The following are just a few examples
of words that Spell Check will not highlight. They’re (there, their) all legitimate words that are easily interchanged:
altar vs. alter
its vs. it’s
lightning vs. lightening
pidgin vs. pigeon
just desserts or just deserts?
“Deserts” once meant “something that was deserved,” however
today’s writers aren’t familiar with that old-fashioned word so the
spelling has become desserts
“Who’d a thunk” the word is spelled:
camouflage
genealogy
weird (doesn’t follow the “i before e” rule)
seize (ditto)
December 2015 The Write News Page Five
New Member Profile:
Alla P. Gakuba, BSCE, MAS, PhD
When attending civil engineering university in her native city Odessa on the Black Sea in the
Soviet Union, Alla P. Gakuba lived an ordinary life. She was a shy, timid, and unsure of
herself young woman, but a serious student.
Fascinated with life, bubbling with infinite youthful energy, and curious about the world, she
read hundreds of books written by world-famous, classical writers. She saw numerous
movies, saw and heard the most popular operas, watched ballet performances, attended many
plays, circuses, and philharmonic classical music performances, all from a young age.
She was a dreamer…In her dreams she was anything she wanted to be. Intoxicated by life,
she imitated her heroes and adopted their manners, languages, and attitudes and became as sophisticated as they
were.
Then, one cold, unassuming November evening, fate interfered and changed her destiny. Fate propelled her to live
on different continents, ambushed her with life-threatening events and monumental problems. She survived, became
stoic, and made many contributions
Alla worked in 4 countries: the Soviet Union, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the United States; in 3 languages: Russian,
French, and English; and under 2 radical systems: socialism and capitalism.
She received her BSCE from Odessa Civil Engineering University in the Soviet Union; her master’s degree from
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; and her PhD from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Some of Alla’s contributions:
o By herself, she designed a 10-span bridge in downtown Baltimore over the Patapsco River on I-95with 4 ramps.
o She found the solution and designed “a spiral” for 3.5 miles of the Baltimore subway aerial structure which is
considered to be the most challenging engineering design.
o She was the 1st woman to receive a PhD in the Management of Science, Technology, and Innovations field.
o Her dissertation is considered to be in the top 5% among 250–300 dissertations written in the last 15 years.
o In the area of health care, Alla devised several innovations. One development sparked an entirely new industry
creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs and brought in millions then over one billion yearly in new revenue
to many companies.
Alla P. Gakuba’s, nonfiction books:
What Is Life? What Is Happiness?
A Person Is a Product of Time, Place, and Circumstances
How to Design Innovations and Solve Business and Personal Problems
December 2015 The Write News Page Six
Have You Been Profiled? The Mount Diablo Branch’s newsletter, The Write News, publishes member profiles. They are brief
(usually around 400 words) biographies of members, which might include one’s education, writing
experiences and a picture of you/your book. It is a great way to acknowledge and become acquainted with
one another.
To be profiled, please contact membership chair Marlene Dotterer at [email protected]
YOUR PHOTO HERE. WRITE YOUR SHORT BIO AND CONTACT MARLENE
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WHO IS JACK LONDON AND WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR CWC? (Talk delivered at the Central Board meeting 7-21-13, Holiday Inn Express, Oakland, CA, by Donna McCrohan
Rosenthal, CWC PR Director, member East Sierra branch)
I think we all know the broad strokes of Jack London’s life: born in 1876 to an unwed mother;
introduced to books and a love of the printed word by librarian Ina Coolbrith; adventures in the
Klondike; literary career as one of the best-paid writers of the early 20th century; one of the first
great literary voices out of California, and very nearly the first actually born in California.
At age 17 he returned from barely surviving a typhoon and a harrowing sealing voyage. His
mother saw an ad for a contest in a local paper and pushed him to enter the story. Armed with
his eighth-grade education, he captured the $25 first prize, beating out college students from
Stanford and Berkeley. He undertook further adventures then unleashed his prolific writing
skills in earnest.
Jack London championed rugged individualism, naturalism, socialism, and women's suffrage. He devised some of the
most independent and strong female characters in American fiction. One of the first writers to work with the movie
industry, he lived to see a number of his novels made into films. His popularity enabled him to endorse commercial
products in advertising, including dress suits and grape juice.
What is not in biographies of London is any mention of him founding the California Writers Club. This is for good
reason. He didn’t.
December 2015 The Write News Page Seven
WHO IS JACK LONDON? (cont’d)
But he did hang out with writing friends and encourage them. He participated in get-
togethers. Gatherings took place in homes, restaurants and outdoors, notably on “Poet of
the Sierra” Joaquin Miller’s property. In time this led to the birth of the Alameda Press
Club, and when so many journalists joined that other writers felt marginalized, the
California Writers Club splintered off in 1909.
Jack never formally signed on. Yet we list him as an Honorary Member, a term with
meaning back then. Honorary Members had to accept the designation. After Jack died, the CWC asked his widow
Charmian if she would like to join. She replied that she was sure they had already been Honorary Members for years. The
CWC checked its records and apologized, because indeed they had.
Our definition of Honorary Member, essentially unchanged since our first governing documents, says, “The central board
may accord honorary membership to persons who are of such eminence that the CWC in honoring them honors itself.”
So what did Jack London have to do with the CWC? He did attend and speak to at least one meeting. He knew at least
some members as friends and some, like our first president, Austin Lewis, he knew very well. The club published news
about his novels and articles in the newsletter. Certainly he inspired by example.
One example of London’s assistance to writers concerns a close friend. Although prominent and gifted, George Sterling
couldn’t command mega-remuneration for his work. So he’d send it to Jack to submit with Jack’s byline. Jack would sell
it for top dollar and hand the money over to George.
What do we have here: Writers helping writers.
What about Jack’s first career move: Winning a writing contest.
What about the time in between: A community of like-minded writers.
That’s CWC, isn’t it? That’s our mission. That’s what we do.
CWC published several editions of West Winds, a hardcover collection of fiction by members; led
programs at the San Francisco Exposition; brought about Writers Memorial Grove at Joaquin
Miller Park; held conferences; and established 19 (now 21) branches with over 1600 members
throughout the state.
Although London didn’t pay dues – and in fact refused to belong to clubs on principle except for one socialist
organization – he planted the seed, and I doubt that CWC would have come this far had there been no Jack London.
Writing gave him his life. Both directly and indirectly, he returned the favor by helping and inspiring fellow California
writers. As a club, we extend that influence in what we do for each other and our communities.
It is no coincidence that we call a major club award “The Jack London Service Award.” Since its inception in 1973, it has
been all about service to our individual branches and our mission, and every honoree is a model of outstanding service.
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What is the Berkeley Branch Planning Regarding Jack London?
On January 11, 2016, Oakland librarian Dorothy Lazard will open an exhibit in the Jack
London History Room at the Oakland Main Library 125 14th Street Oakland, CA
94612. The exhibit will feature first editions of London’s novels, author photographs,
examples of his short stories and sports reporting, biographical profiles, literary critiques,
correspondence, and “ephemera demonstrating his enduring literary legacy.” The exhibit
runs through March 31.
On January 12, the 140th anniversary of Jack’s birth, there will be a media briefing at
Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Jack London Square, followed by a history tour
of the Square and a possible sail to the Oakland Yacht Club. Jack London’s
great‐granddaughter Tarnel Abbot, a former librarian and social justice advocate like Jack,
has been invited to speak.
On January 20, the Oakland Library will host a free public lecture on Jack’s life and legacy. Later in
the year, the library will announce an All‐City Read of Jack’s novel, White Fang.
On November 22 The Celebration will end in front of Oakland’s City Hall with a
rededication of the Jack London coast live oak tree, which was planted and dedicated by
Jack’s widow Charmian in 1917, a year after his death.
Firm plans for CWC Berkeley Branch include a birthday party for Jack at our regular meeting in January. Their
monthly meetings are free and open to the public and feature a speaker, an author event, or both
In April, Write Angles (the Berkeley branch newsletter) will showcase Jack’s poetry. At our meeting, Aleta George
will read from her book about Ina Coolbrith, Oakland’s first librarian and a CWC member who instilled a love of
learning and reading in young Jack.
Interested in helping with the JLL Celebration? Please contact Linda at [email protected] or 510‐530‐1261.
Berkeley’s next meeting is December 7 at 4:00 p.m.
Literary Hub is an online site in the service of literary culture. Readers can rely on it for writing about all things
books. They showcase editorial features from many partners from across the literary spectrum: publishers big and small,
journals, bookstores and non-profits.
Lithub shows high-level reviews of mostly, not-so well-known, recently-published items.
http://lithub.com/the-great-booksellers-fall-preview/
December 2015 The Write News Page Nine
NorCal Meeting Roundup
- Jannette Ng Berkeley Branch
It was another productive NorCal meeting at a Panera Bread in Livermore, our new meeting location. Carole
Bumpus (President, SF/Peninsula Branch) is the new chair of NorCal. Present were Redwood, Tri- Valley,
South Bay, Central Coast, Mendocino, Sacramento, North State, Marin, Mount Diablo and SF/Peninsula
representatives.
NorCal Website
Michael Wycombe from Napa branch is the new NorCal webmaster. The website has information on all the
Northern California CWC branches, including an events calendar. Check it out if you haven’t already.
http://www.cwcnorcalwriters.org
SF Writers Conference (February 11-14, 2016) This is a huge writers conference in San Francisco that
draws writers from all over the state. CWC will have a booth there. Come and volunteer! It’s a great way to
meet other writers and to represent your branch. You may be able to sit in on a session for free. No books
are permitted to be sold at the CWC booth, but there is an author consignment store in the same room as
the booths and where members’ books have been sold.
You can also volunteer on your own; details are on the website. https://sfwriters.org/
Bay Area Book Festival (June 6 & 7, 2016) We discussed having a CWC booth at the new Bay Area Book Festival as well. Several NorCal reps had
attended this in the past, and all agreed it would be a great venue for CWC as a nonprofit exhibitor. The
consensus also was that it's not a great venue for individual authors to sell books because author tables are
quite expensive and can’t be shared.
Building Better Branches Conference
This leadership conference will be open to all members. The tentative date is October 1, 2016, location
TBD. More details to follow.
A PROPOSAL Re MEETUP I find it most useful when there’s an active exchange of posts between members. If the only thing we do on there is post
our monthly meeting announcements, I think we’ll find people stop using it. Those CWC members who are on Meetup
(including me) should consider posting comments after our meeting, maybe with a photograph or two, and also posting
tidbits or other general writing news that is happening for CWC members. I don’t propose handing out information that is
for CWC members only (such as the newsletter), but we want to put enough on there to encourage people to join.
December 2015 The Write News Page Ten
Here are our Mt. Diablo sites maintained by Aline Soules: Internet: http://cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com
Twitter: @cwcmtd
Facebook: CWC Mt. Diablo Branch
Back Fence: to join contact Aline at [email protected]
OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS
2015
Date Speaker Background / Topic
Dec 12
Ann Steiner,
Al Garrotto,
Lynn Goodwin
The Three Ps on the Path to Publication: Prompts, Perfection
and Platform
2016
Jan 9
Tamara Monosoff
How to Make it to No. 1 on Amazon
Feb 13
Roy Mash
Words to Woe By
Mar 12
C.S. Lakin
Editing Workshop
April 9
May 14
Young Writers Awards Banquet
June 11
Summer break July and August 2016
What’s wrong with the following sentence?
I had to of consumed a lifetime of garlic in one sitting.
December 2015 The Write News Page Eleven
SUBMIT to the CWC LITERARY REVIEW Costs are rising. To maintain a quality publication while balancing the state CWC budget, there is a submission fee of $10 for up two pieces submitted at the same time, payable by Pay Pal or by check. This is not a readers fee but to cover the cost of printing and mailing the Review.
Find details for submission on the state website: www.calwriters.org Search for Literary Review.
The deadline has been moved to December 31.
CWC members may submit their published or unpublished work for the 2016 issue of the CWC Literary Review following the guidelines below. Work meeting a threshold of quality and interest will be selected for this page-limited magazine. Minor editing may be performed on work selected for publication.
Proselytizing, libelous material, gratuitous vulgarity or obscenity will not be considered. Rejections will be accompanied with editors’ suggested improvements subsequent to the magazine’s release.
Send submissions as an email attachment to [email protected], “CWC Lit-Review” in the subject line. A $10 fee is required per submitter whether or not the maximum of two pieces is attached. However, if two pieces are submitted, they must be submitted at the same time or a second $10 fee applies. You may pay by PayPal, using the button below or by check payable to the California Writers Club. Mail your check to California Writers Club, Attn: Treasurer, 7614 Bonniewood Lane, Dublin CA 94568.
Guidelines (Nonconforming work will not be considered) Prose: 2500 words or fewer: fiction, memoir, or essay (excerpts if the submission can be judged as a
complete story.) Poetry: 30 lines or fewer. Photography and graphics through arrangement with the editor
Body of email: Author’s name, email address, and branch affiliation Title(s), word count, and genre: fiction, memoir, essay, or poetry Statement must be included: “I, (name here) own and convey the right to publish this/these work(s)
(title or titles here) for this one time publication in the CWC Literary Review.”
Attachment—your work: Pages numbered, bottom center in footer, no cover sheet First page will contain the title of the work and the notation, F, NF-M, NF-E, or poetry MS Word: doc, or docx format, New Times Roman 12 pt font No page breaks, special leading, or any other unusual text manipulation or spacing
December 2015 The Write News Page Twelve
The Back Fen c e Don't forget to check out the Back Fence, our Yahoo online forum for branch members and guests from the Tri-Valley and Berkeley branches. Contact our Online Coordinator, [email protected], for instructions on how to join.
At The Fence you will find topics of interest to writers. You can also sign up for Back Fence e-mail notifications.
OTHER THINGS TO DO These are NOT endorsements, just ideas for you to investigate for yourself. Some options are
expensive so be sure you know what you’re signing up for.
Check out the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. www.lllcf.org/
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San Francisco Writers Conference, February 11-14, 2016
“Held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel where it is difficult to get to and parking is expensive”.
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The 13th Oregon Coast Children’s Book Writers Workshop July 11-15, 2016 “right beside the ocean, overlooking giant rocks where sea lions lounge and snort. Eagles soar overhead. Whales spout.” Instructors are authors, editors from major houses, and an agent. www.occbww.com.
December 2015 The Write News Page Thirteen
OTHER THINGS TO DO (con’t)
Enter The South Bay Branch’s Anthology Invitation Prompting Collaboration by Patrick McQueen President, South Bay Writers
Imagine collaborating with fellow authors to tell the story of a one-dollar bill. Write a
short story in the genre of your choice. Include a dollar bill in your story. With 50 acceptable submissions, Patrick would love to edit selected short stories
together into an anthology that reads as a linear narrative about a dollar bill and the
many lives it has touched. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to collaborate
with your fellow CWC authors! South Bay Writers-hosted writing prompts are available on our website at
www.southbaywriters.com/wordpress/writing-prompts/
Your contribution will be both an independent short story accredited to you and also serve as a chapter in the overall
narrative. Prompt submissions are welcome from any visitor to our site, but only those submitted by valid members
of the California Writers Club will be considered for publication in an anthology. By submitting, you are providing
your permission for us to publish your work. Send queries or submissions to [email protected]
Submissions must be formatted and edited as though they were being sent to an agent. Give us your polished best
work. Submissions should be formatted as a text or MS Word attachment. Times New Roman 12 font preferred.
Accepting your submission is not a guarantee your submission will be published.
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The California Historical Society (CHS) accepts submissions for 2016 Book Award They seek book-length manuscripts that make an important contribution to both scholarship and to the greater
community by deepening public understanding of some aspect of California history. The award carries a $5,000
author advance for the winning manuscript and publication by CHS/Heyday, with an awards ceremony, promotion,
and an author tour throughout the state. For more information about the CHS Book Award contest, visit
https://heydaybooks.com/chsbookaward/ The deadline to submit is May 1, 2016.
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300 Days of Sun Publishes Authors From the Southwest This is a student-run print literary journal at Nevada State College. The website is www.300daysofsun.com and the
page to submit works is www.300daysofsun.submittable.com/submit
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Foreword’s INDIEFAB Book of the Year awards program. The deadline to submit books is Jan 15th, 2016, and should be accompanied by the online receipt reflecting payment
of the entry fee. A $1500 cash prize will be awarded to Best Fiction and Best Nonfiction. Winners are announced at
the American Library Association Annual Conference and will be featured in the Fall 2016 print and digital edition
of Foreword Reviews. Finalists and winners lists will be promoted on their website and in e-mail newsletters.
www.indiefab.forewordreviews.com/
www.publishers.forewordreviews.com/awards/
December 2015 The Write News Page Fourteen
Young Writers Contest Fundraising Sponsored by
The California Writers Club, Mount Diablo Branch
Please consider joining one of the following donor clubs to benefit our programs in support of
young writers. Your tax-deductible gift will appear in the contest program in May, and in the Mount
Diablo CWC newsletter every month in the year you donate. Or remain anonymous if you prefer!
The Jack London Founder’s Circle ($500+) The John Steinbeck Society ($250 - $499)
Jan and Lee Paulson
The John Muir Member Club ($150 - $249) The Ina Coolbrith Laureate Club ($100 - $149)
Karen Tenney - for the Betty Tenney Essay Prize, in honor of
Elizabeth Mackintosh Tenney
Ken Kerkhoff Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff Elisabeth Tuck - toward the humor award
The Mary Austin Writers Club ($50 - $99) The Helen Hunt Jackson Group ($25 - $49)
Edward Stanislowski James Wiseman David George Kathy Urban Sheryl Ruzek
The Gertrude Atherton Guild ($10 - $24) Other
Al Garrotto Kai Rahbek Sheryl Ruzek Leslie Rupley Kevin Dunne Sheryl Mosher Colleen Gonzalez
Other (cont’d) Cathy Turney Maya Das Lucy Hart Melanie Denman
Ken Kerkhoff Donna Cook Phyllis Nagle Sarah Wilson Patty Northlich
Roger Paulson Susan Pace-Koch Jill Hedgecock Gus Kritikos Kathryn Berla
Christine Tomerson Sean Hazlett Liz Koehler-Pentacoff Julia Novak
Carol Hebert
Contra Costa County middle school students who enter the Young Writers Contest are eligible for cash prizes in short
story, poetry, essay/personal narrative, and humor. Contest submissions are free. Check our branch website for details:
cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com/young-writers-contest/
The Mt. Diablo Branch hosts an awards luncheon in May of each year. All program expenses are supported by individual donations and grants. Thank you for considering membership in one of
the above donor clubs.
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